Despite working from home for the past month we still had a long Easter holiday weekend so I spent some time outside working on the '55. I was able to strip the old paint off the dash and repaint it, strip some paint off the front foot well area and rough the surface up for better adhesion (all my paint before was just a quick spray to keep it from rusting) I applied an Eastwood ceramic based paint onto the floors of the car. Mostly because I had it leftover from my Firebird build and never used it there, and I'm sure the BBC will generate plenty of heat, so this may come in handy. It's really thick and is to be textured, which gives it a truck bedliner type of appearance, but not quite as coarse. Once this fully cures I'll paint it black again. I also stripped some of the car's exterior down and gave it a coating of phosphate for now to prevent rust from flashing. You can now see just how rough and hacked the body on this car really is. It's a big deterrent for wanting to have a nice paint job on this. That, and the savings of having to pay for it, pay for rechroming the bits and refinishing the wheels, etc. So my plan is most likely to go with my original vision of a primer- like paint a la 2LBT and no filler. Embrace the rough body and not worry about maintaining another show car. Just enjoy it.
